For a guy who was supposedly being mistreated in prison, the slightly thinner, newly bearded Steven Hayes didn't look as bad as one might expect.

Granted, it's been about a month since his lawyers claimed one of the men accused in the brutal 2007 Cheshire killings was being treated inhumanely after his recent suicide attempt. And everyone agreed that conditions were improving, so jury selection is tentatively back on for March 15.

But after hearing the details of his care in a prison infirmary, all I kept thinking was: